HILLVIEW - Mayor Jim Eadens knows first-hand the effects of drug use in the community.

Members of the Bullitt Opioid Addiction Team (BOAT) and the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition also know the first-hand dangers.

Together, they have made it possible for the Hillview Police Department to be more effective in their fight, allowing trained officers to carry and implement a product that combats drug overdoses prior to EMS arrival.

HLLVIEW - It was a long fiscal year for the Hillview City Council, but the city has officially approved its 2015-16 budget.

The council unanimously approved the budget, with less funding carried over from the previous year.

Mayor Jim Eadens said the general fund carryover of $148,000, down substantially from last year’s carryover of $303,000, was due to more back taxes, money given back to the county involving insurance tax, and continuation of annexation upgrades.

LOUISVILLE - A native of Mount Washington will be the new president of the Kentrucky Derby Museum.

Mr. Brad Rives, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Derby Museum, announced that that with Lynn Ashton’s retirement after 20 years of service, Patrick Armstrong will be the museum’s new president effective Aug. 10, 2015.